LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Michelle Wie walked off the course at Royal Lytham pleased with her par saves on the final two holes.

Then she got to the recorders’ office and realized her effort was all for naught.

Wie was penalized two strokes for making contact with a piece of moss behind her ball during her backswing while hitting out of a greenside bunker at the 14th. That left her with an 2-over 74 Friday and a two-day total of 4-over 148 at the Women’s British Open — 10 shots behind leader Juli Inkster.

“There was a piece of moss right behind my ball,” she said. “I knew I hit it, but I didn’t think it would result in a penalty of two strokes. I thought if you hit dirt it would be OK, but I guess I knew the rule wrong.

“It’s not good after you play you find out you add two more shots in the end. The par saves I made on 17 and 18 feel as though they count for nothing in the end.”

Inkster had an even-par 72, leaving her at 6-under 138, three shots better than Silvia Cavalleri of Italy. Inkster is seeking her eighth major, and if she can hold on, the 46-year-old would become the oldest golfer to win an LPGA Tour major.

“I’m very happy with the way I played today, the way I got it in, the way I got myself around this golf course,” Inkster said. “Tomorrow, if I drive the ball a little better on the par 5s, I’ll feel pretty good.

“Sometimes in majors you really have to grind it out, and today was one of those days, so I’m very happy with what I shot.”

Pleasanton’s Paula Creamer shot a 71 and is five off the lead, tied with Annika Sorenstam, who also shot 71, at 1-under 143.

Mexico’s Lorena Ochoa is 3 over after a 73. Karrie Webb, winner of last week’s Evian Masters, had a disastrous 82 and missed the cut big at 14-over 158.

Woods tied for Buick Open lead

GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Tiger Woods birdied three straight holes to take the lead in the suspended second round of the Buick Open, then Brett Quigley birdied the 18th hole after the horn sounded to move into a tie.

Woods, 13 under for the tournament, was 7 under through 15 holes in the second round before play was stopped because of darkness. He will finish his round early this morning and will start his third round in the afternoon after a long break.

Quigley saved himself an early wake-up call by finishing the 18th hole for a 6-under 66, and will have an afternoon tee time with the leaders. Jeff Sluman and Bo Van Pelt were two shots back. They both finished the second round, with Sluman shooting a 67, and Van Pelt carding a 66.

Bean vaults into lead

BLAINE, Minn. — Andy Bean birdied three of his final four holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over six players after the first round of the 3M Championship.

Bean, winless in four seasons on the Champions Tour, had six birdies and a bogey on the TPC Twin Cities course. The 11-time PGA Tour winner has had three top-seven finishes this season, including a tie for fifth in July in the U.S. Senior Open.

Loren Roberts, the tour money leader coming off a victory last week in the Senior British Open, was a stroke back along with defending champion Tom Purtzer, J.C. Snead, Curtis Strange and Keith Fergus.

Five reputed Vallejo gang members, one of them already convicted of murder earlier this year, appeared in Solano County Superior Court on Friday to face more legal proceedings in the coming weeks in connection with the shooting deaths of three men in 2017 and 2018 in Vallejo.

A Mountain View entrepreneur who developed a device to help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, captured the $20,000 first prize in the 19th annual Big Bang! Business Competition at UC Davis.